Gun salute; Local shooters aim to keep past alive by firing old military rifles in contests Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA | March 26, 2002| | Copyright 2002 Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Tom Brooks is lying on the frozen ground outside Mount Joy on a recent Sunday afternoon, firing off 50 rounds with a M1 Garand, a wood and steel rifle that Gen. George Patton called "the greatest battle implement every devised."

On the ground next to him, Bill Stanley tucks an AR-15 rifle, the revolutionary firearm with plastic and aluminum parts that fought the war in Vietnam and remains today the standard issue of U.S. soldiers.

Their firearms are separated by generations, but the two men share a common fascination with military rifles.

Stanley, 47, of Mount Joy, also shoots an M1 for a ...

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